Bill I use Alclad Gloss Klear Kote when I want a high gloss finish for decal preparation if I’m not successful in spraying the paint to a gloss. After decaling I airbrush a light coat over the

Hello to the group! What happened to Sergent website? http://www.sergentengineering.com/ seems to be dead. Have a pleasant week, Giancarlo (from Italy)

I think it was related to a discussion on clear coats that didn’t fog or cloud. I think it started as a discussion of acrylic clear coat clouding, which is why I use lacquer clear coats. Nelson

I always get excited and appreciate the comments on painting and weatheringon this list. Often I rush out and buy the products recommend A short time ago one of the post recommended Apcad Clear . I

Thanks for posting this stuff Dick. I agree with you about drawings of appliances and applications. While I don't model the U.P., many of these detail drawings can be used for other projects.

Per the Revenue Freight Cars book at page 90, PM in May, 1935 leased 100 cars, 90400-90488(sic) 90499 to the C&O and per the Freight Car Equipment of the C&O these were re-painted as C&O and

Please look under seller propsus-b2gc2hde Thank you, Clark Propst

Ed, As always, you are a fount of information. Thanks for taking the time to enlighten us. gary roe quincy, illinois

Mike and others interested, The burning plant was the former ACF Madison plant located in Madison, Illinois. A segment on pages 15-16 of Edward S. Kaminski’s book American Car & Foundry Company

Thanks for the recommendations. I havent invested a lot in tofc literature as most seem to focus on post 1965 operations. (Of course thats understandable as its when tofc really started to get big) I

Vol. 25 #3, Aug 1992, of the PRRT&H Society’s magazine THE KEYSTONE has an excellent article on TrucTrain, its predecessors, its equipment, and its regulatory environment. See it you can get

Here is a late 60s catalog page with the kit. It is George Taylor B-201 with AB brakes - car number 178588.

And If you are Really Really interested you need the two volume "The TTX Story" published by the PRRT&HS a few years ago. link for reference only

If you're really interested there is plenty of literature out there. Look for Piggyback And Containers from Four Ways West books. On

Very nice job on the build. Looks very nice. Bob Omaha

And in addition, state authorities (e.g. Public Utility Commission in CA) restricted which plans could be applied to which routes !! Truckers lobbied successfully against the SP

I had always wondered on this topic. Seemed like it could get difficult really fast from an operational perspective.

So it was more of a home region operation?

On the surface, this is a simple question. However, as Tim has referenced, there were many piggyback plans. For sure, Plan I, Plan II, II 1/4, Plan II 1/2, Plan II 3/4, Plan III, Plan IV and Plan V.

Piggyback was a HEAVILY regulated service with different service plans that reflected the various federal and state regulations. There was very limited interline service (say, NP